Juan says, “I have been painting since 1969 on location with large format watercolors.” Juan received training in portraiture and landscape from very qualified instructors in the San Francisco Bay Area. All his teachers were renown painters. His portrait teacher believed in painting from life. Juan believes that the plein air movement has reached a point where, those who started painting in this venue 50 years ago are now in style. “It is terrific to think of yourself as being in style.